Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other and adjacent to the principal surface, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other and adjacent to the principal surface and the pair of side surfaces. An external electrode includes a sintered metal layer disposed on an end portion of the element body, and a conductive resin layer including a portion positioned on the principal surface and a portion positioned on the sintered metal layer. An end edge of the sintered metal layer is positioned closer to the end surface than a maximum thickness position of the portion positioned on the principal surface. A thickness of the conductive resin layer gradually decreases from the maximum thickness position to the portion positioned on the sintered metal layer.

Abstract: An optical system is provided, including a light source, a light shape adjusting element, a light guiding module, and a driving assembly. The light source emits a light beam in a first direction, and the light shape adjusting element changes a cross-section of the light beam from a first shape to a second shape. The light guiding module includes a base and a light guiding element connected to the base for changing the propagation direction of the light beam from the first direction to a second direction. The driving assembly drives the light guiding element to move relative to the base.

Abstract: A substrate includes primary side terminal holes into which the primary side terminals are inserted, secondary side terminal holes into which the secondary side terminals are inserted, and a slit disposed between the primary side terminal holes and the secondary side terminal holes. A transformer is mounted from the side of a mounting surface of the substrate. An insulating member is inserted into the slit from the side of a soldering surface of the substrate. The insulating member includes a protrusion portion that protrudes outside an area defined by virtual lines which are direct extension lines of the width of the slit to the side of the soldering surface. The protrusion portion is formed at a position more distant from the substrate than an end position of the shortest terminal of the primary side terminals and the secondary side terminals from the soldering surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A camera module is provided, including a frame, a holder, an image sensor, a plate, an electromagnetic driving assembly, and an elastic element. The frame connects the holder with the plate. The holder is configured to sustain an optical lens, and the image sensor is disposed on the plate. The elastic element connects the frame with the plate. The electromagnetic driving assembly is disposed on the frame and the plate, and is configured to drive the plate and the image sensor to move with respect to the frame and the holder.

Abstract: In a coil 5 of a multilayer coil component 1, an end portion 6a of a turn 6 closest to a side surface 2e in the facing direction of the side surface 2e and a side surface 2f is connected to a first external electrode 3 and an end portion 11a of a turn 11 closest to the side surface 2f in the facing direction of the pair of side surfaces 2e and 2f is connected to a second external electrode 4. The area at which the turn 6 faces the second external electrode 4 and the area at which the turn 11 faces the first external electrode 3 are smaller than the area at which turns 7, 8, 9, and 10 other than the turn 6 and the turn 11 face the first external electrode 3 or the second external electrode 4.

Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element according to an embodiment includes: a spin orbit torque wiring extending in a first direction; a laminated body laminated on the spin orbit torque wiring and having a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer; a conductive layer in contact with a side of the laminated body opposite to the spin orbit torque wiring; and a heat dissipation layer separated from the laminated body in the first direction and connected to the spin orbit torque wiring and the conductive layer.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a multilayer chip component according to an aspect of the present disclosure, laser processing is used for forming dots of a two-dimensional code. This laser processing is laser processing with respect to a laminate substrate in a state before baking is performed, and an impact at the time of processing is absorbed to a certain degree due to elastic deformation of the laminate substrate. For this reason, according to the manufacturing method, occurrence of cracking can be curbed compared to laser processing with respect to an element body in a state after baking is performed.

Abstract: A drive circuit capable of inhibiting a drop of a voltage of a drive signal is provided. A drive circuit includes: a drive signal output circuit configured to output a pulse signal input to a gate terminal of a first field effect transistor driving a device; a switching circuit having a switching element that is connected between the gate terminal and the signal output terminal and configured to switch a conduction state between the gate terminal and output terminal; a delay circuit configured to delay an input of the drive signal to the gate terminal by switching a state of the switching element between an on state and an off state; and a reverse flow suppressing unit configured to suppress a reverse flow of a current from the static capacitance to the drive signal output circuit.

Abstract: In a coil 5 of a multilayer coil component 1, an end portion 6a of a turn 6 closest to a side surface 2e in the facing direction of the side surface 2e and a side surface 2f is connected to a first external electrode 3 and an end portion 11a of a turn 11 closest to the side surface 2f in the facing direction is connected to a second external electrode 4. When viewed from the facing direction, the area of the region where the turn 6 and the second external electrode 4 face each other and the area of the region where the turn 11 and the first external electrode 3 face each other are larger than the area of the region where turns other than the turn 6 and the turn 11 and the first external electrode 3 or the second external electrode 4 face each other.

Abstract: A memory controller includes a control circuit. The control circuit sets each block in a flash memory to an SLC mode or an MLC mode. The control circuit configures blocks set to the SLC mode into a first group. The control circuit configures blocks set to the MLC mode into a second group. The control circuit allocates the blocks constituting the first group to a first data block and a first redundant block. The control circuit allocates the blocks constituting the second group to a second data block and a second redundant block. The control circuit writes data required to be saved into the first data block. The control circuit writes first redundant data into the first redundant block. The control circuit writes replicated data of the data written into the first data block into the second data block. The control circuit writes second redundant data into the second redundant block.

Abstract: A memory controller includes a control circuit. The control circuit configures a plurality of physical blocks in a flash memory into a group. The control circuit allocates the plurality of physical blocks constituting the group to a data block and a redundant block. The control circuit writes data required to be saved into the data block. The control circuit writes redundant data based on the data required to be saved into the redundant block belonging to the same group as the data block. When all the data required to be saved are successfully written into the data block, the control circuit releases from the group at least one redundant block belonging to the same group as the data block.

Abstract: A composite coil device includes a winding shaft portion, a first conductor portion, and a second conductor portion. The winding shaft portion at least partly includes a magnetic body and axially includes a first section and a second section. The first conductor portion is wound continuously in the first section and the second section. The second conductor portion is wound in the second section.

Abstract: In a multilayer chip component according to an aspect of the present disclosure, dots of a two-dimensional code provided on a main surface of an element body has a semicircular cross-sectional shape. That is, since substantially no corner portions are present in a cross-sectional shape of the dots, stress is unlikely to remain when the dots are formed, and stress is unlikely to be concentrated after the dots are formed. Therefore, cracking is unlikely to occur in the foregoing multilayer chip component.

Abstract: A coil device includes a bobbin, a terminal, and a terminal block. The bobbin includes a winding portion for winding a wire around an outer circumference of the winding portion. The terminal is connectable with an end of the wire. The terminal block holds the terminal. The terminal is movable both in a first axis and a second axis of the bobbin.

Abstract: A magnetic field detection device of an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a first magnetic field detection element having a first resistance value increasing upon application of a first magnetic field in a first direction and decreasing upon application of a second magnetic field in a second direction; and a second magnetic field detection element having a second resistance value decreasing upon application of the first magnetic field and increasing upon application of the second magnetic field. The first and second magnetic field detection elements each include first and second magneto-resistive effect films coupled in series. The first magneto-resistive effect film has a first major-axis direction inclined at a first inclination angle relative to the first direction. The second magneto-resistive effect film has a second major-axis direction inclined at a second inclination angle relative to the first direction. The magnetic field detection device satisfies conditional expressions (1) and (2).

Abstract: A magnetic recording array includes: a plurality of spin elements each including a wiring and a laminated body having a first ferromagnetic layer laminated on the wiring and arranged in a matrix; a plurality of write wirings connected to first ends of the spin elements' wiring; a plurality of read wirings connected to the laminated bodies of the spin elements; a plurality of common wirings connected to second ends of the wirings of the spin elements belonging to the same column; and a control unit configured to control a write current flowing between first and second ends of each spin element, wherein when data writing is performed continuously, the unit is configured to prohibit writing to at least a spin element connected to the same common wiring as a first spin element and adjacent to the first spin element after the first element to which the current is applied.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a multilayer chip component according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a two-dimensional code is formed in each of green chips divided in a dividing step. In the two-dimensional code, a substrate ID identifying a laminate substrate and an individual body ID identifying an individual multilayer chip component are associated with each other. Therefore, it is possible to accurately and quickly discern which laminate substrate a multilayer chip component is manufactured from by reading the two-dimensional code of the multilayer chip component, and thus high traceability can be achieved.

Abstract: A bonding structure is a bonding structure which bonds a light emitting element and a substrate and includes a first electrode formed on the light emitting element, a second electrode formed on the substrate, and a bonding layer which bonds the first electrode and the second electrode, and the bonding layer contains a first bonding metal component and a second bonding metal component different from the first bonding metal component.

Abstract: A metal powder producing apparatus comprising a melted metal supplying part discharging a melted metal, a cylinder body provided below the melted metal supplying part, and a cooling liquid layer forming part forming a flow of a cooling liquid for cooling the melted metal discharged from the melted metal supplying part along an inner circumference face of the cylinder body, wherein the cooling liquid layer forming part has a primary pressure reservoir, and the primary pressure reservoir is provided on an outer circumference part of the cylinder body.

Abstract: An antenna segment and a multi segment antenna are disclosed. In an embodiment an antenna segment includes a coil carrier comprising a first end section and a second end section, a wire coil arranged around the coil carrier and a magnetic core arranged in the coil carrier, wherein the magnetic core and the wire coil are arranged such that in the first end section the magnetic core and the coil carrier extend beyond the wire coil and in the second end section the coil carrier and the wire coil extend beyond the magnetic core.